diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b536d2d2ce9..a35349ee15a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/tendermint/tendermint v0.34.11
 	github.com/tendermint/tm-db v0.6.4
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210602131652-f16073e35f0c
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.40.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ad111dbc1d4..5f3a3917c5e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1231,8 +1231,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.0/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAG
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.36.1/go.mod h1:qjiiYl8FncCW8feJPdyg3v6XW24KsRHe+dy9BAGRRjU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.37.0/go.mod h1:NREThFqKR1f3iQ6oBuvc5LadQuXVGo9rkm5ZGrQdJfM=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0/go.mod h1:NREThFqKR1f3iQ6oBuvc5LadQuXVGo9rkm5ZGrQdJfM=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1 h1:f37vZbBVTiJ6jKG5mWz8ySOBxNqy6ViPgyhSdVnxF3E=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1/go.mod h1:PImNr+rS9TWYb2O4/emRugxiyHZ5JyHW5F+RPnDzfrE=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.40.0 h1:AGJ0Ih4mHjSeibYkFGh1dD9KJ/eOtZ93I6hoHhukQ5Q=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.40.0/go.mod h1:ogyxbiOoUXAkP+4+xa6PZSE9DZgIHtSpzjDTB9KAK34=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200228230310-ab0ca4ff8a60/go.mod h1:cfTl7dwQJ+fmap5saPgwCLgHXTUD7jkjRqWcaiX5VyM=